The Holiday by Stevie Smith

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🗓️ 10 October 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Recorded live at the Durham Book Festival 2016, John and Andy are joined by Sally Bayley (author, The Private Life Of The Diary) to discuss Stevie Smith's third and final novel The Holiday. Timings: (may differ due to adverts) 13.28 - The Holiday by Stevie Smith * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm *If you'd like to support the show and join in with the book chat, listen without adverts, receive the show early and get extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a patron at www.patreon.com/backlisted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.6	Hello and welcome to a very special edition of Backlisted the website that brings readers and writers together to make great books, and the sponsor of Backlisted.
0:37.0	Today we're coming to you from the Durham Book Festival, an annual event that first started in 1990, which means it's one of the oldest of the UK's
0:46.4	book festivals.
0:47.8	The events this year, there are many authors performing, David Badeel, Michael Mulpergo,
0:52.1	Pat Barker, Catherine Williams and it was also
0:54.8	last night was the Durham Book Festival is now the place where the Gordon Byrne
0:59.6	Prize I think one of the most interesting of the UK's literary prizes was launched and last night it was the winner was announced.
1:08.0	Andy. I'm Andy Miller, I'm the author of the Year of Reading Dangerously and I am the Reader in Residence at the Durham Book
1:14.8	Festival this year. The best thing about Reader in Residence is people keep saying to me, what is that?
1:21.0	We're making it up as we go along, but basically I'm an ambassador for all the authors who either couldn't be here because they're dead or they weren't free this weekend.
1:30.0	One of those. That's quite a weight to have on your shoulders.
1:33.0	Oh, it's fantastic.
1:34.0	We're public.
1:35.0	I'm found a publisher in residence as well which is really nice.
1:37.0	They've also got a vlogger in residence here.
1:40.0	It's hard to know what they don't have in residence at the Durham Post Force to be honest with you.
1:44.0	And anyway, we are ensconced today, it says in my script.
1:48.0	We are ensconced today with a very knowledgeable and good looking audience.
1:53.0	Well done, man.
1:55.0	A polite ripple of laughter there.
1:58.0	In the Biju surroundings of Durham's Gala Theatre Studio,
2:00.0	and we are delighted to welcome as our guest a little round of applause please Sally Bailey
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